American is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet dis

American is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while—then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine (常规). They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
【小题1】The writer of this passage must be . A．an AmericanB．a Chinese C．a professorD．a student【小题2】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their family.B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.【小题3】From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be .A．warmly welcomed at the airportB．offered a ride to his homeC．treated hospitably at his homeD．treated to dinner in a restaurant【小题4】From the underlined sentence, we can know the Chinese people .A．are strict with timeB．don’t take time seriouslyC．don’t know how to use timeD．are willing to spend time for friends【小题5】A suitable title for this passage would probably be “ ”.A．Friendships between ChineseB．Friendships between AmericansC．Americans’hospitalityD．Americans’and Chinese’s views of friendshipB

(答案→)B 解析：本文叙述了美国和中国人的对于友谊的不同的观点，美国人招待客人喜欢在家里，他们和一些朋友很多年没有联系后，照样能够成为好朋友，他们不像中国人那样会抽出时间去车站接朋友，中国人可以抽出时间来陪朋友。【小题1】细节理解题。根据This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,作者是一名中国人，故选B。【小题2】细节理解题。根据If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.美国人在朋友间歇很长时间以后也能保持这种友谊，故选D。【小题3】细节理解题。根据The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, 美国人待客在家里，他们不去机场或车站去接朋友，故选C。【小题4】细节理解题。根据Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. 中国人为了朋友可能要花费一些时间，故选D。【小题5】标题归纳题。纵观全文可知这篇短文就是叙述了中国和美国人的队友谊的不同的观点，故选D。

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